Travelling abroad and need urgent treatment on the spot? Or are you travelling abroad just for medical care? We'll explain how to get reimbursed for healthcare provided abroad. Urgent/emergency healthcare If urgent care is needed while abroad (anywhere, not just in...
Amendment to the Medicines Act – safety stock
When does it enter into force and what are the main changes it brings On 29 December 2023 (the last working day of the year 2023), the Collection of Laws was published in the Amendment to the Medicines Act introducing the so-called safety stock (No. 456/2023 Coll.),...
Impact of the change in the value added tax rate on contractual relations
The government's stabilisation package has passed its second reading in the Chamber of Deputies, making a change in the VAT rate from 10 to 12%, among other things for medicines, slightly more likely. Remember that the rate change can have a significant negative...
Patients as hostages of the pharmaceutical industry?
Let's start having a serious discussion about substantive interventions in health care There are currently drug shortages in many other European countries. Drug shortages or shortages are a systemic problem caused by multiple external factors (war in Ukraine,...
Fines for health insurers for errors in the procurement procedure for the purchase of vaccines
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Conformity assessment procedures for protective equipment and medical devices in the context of a coronavirus pandemic
In today's article, we look at the Commission's recommendations on conformity assessment procedures for protective equipment and medical devices in the context of the coronavirus pandemic. The EU Commission published on 16.3.2020 Recommendation No (EU) 2020/403 on...
Coronavirus epidemic legal information package
For our clients, my colleagues and I have prepared an overview of the basic problems and issues that we all encounter on a daily basis these days, and that each of you is dealing with to a greater or lesser extent in some way. The document can be found here. This...